Special Bd. of Aldermen — 02/27/2017 Page 11
the law requires that we complete this by 2018 and this type of study would require more time, why can’t we
meet our statutory obligation but start the process to do the complete re-evaluation if that’s what we should be
doing. Then we will have met the next five-year requirement and we will have done it property.
Mayor Donchess
Well | can let KRT answer. Well first of all, it costs a lot more money like $1.5 million instead of something like
a half a million. Let’s say we completed this now and then next year we did full measure and list, they’d still
want it to be done again. Then they’d want another one in four more years. Maybe in five years it would be
worth doing the full measure and list, prepare a couple in advance and go for it then. We tried to persuade
them to look it would be better if we took another year or two and do the full measure and list. Then we have a
complete inspection of everything but they don’t want to listen to that. We kind of suggested we’re not going to
submit a half a million this year and another million and a half next year to do it again. So | think the decision
would be the next time we’re required to do this maybe we would want to do the more expensive more time
intensive approach. Does that kind of square of what you think?
Ken Rodgers
Exactly.
President McCarthy
My experience with it over the time I’ve been on the Board is that as far as | can see our property cards are
actually fairly accurate. What we'd do is spend a large amount of money to get a new set of data most of
which we already have. What’s more important is to figure out the statistical relationships between the
property classes for which you still have to do the kind of analysis that KRT is talking about.
Mayor Donchess
Now GIS, Angelo Marino formerly the Assessor and now GIS the map function is very creative about taking
over head photographs and trying to locate property that has been expanded without knowledge of the Building
Department and as on anumber occasions located property that’s been expanded and then that assessment
has been changed. There may not be that much extra out there that we don’t know about.
Alderman Jette
But thinking especially of commercial buildings, what changes have been done inside the building? We have
no way of knowing about that unless they applied for a building permit.
Attorney Bolton
If you know of any who haven't, let me know.
Mayor Donchess
Most commercial owners | mean they do it right. If somebody owns a 100,000 square foot building is not
generally doing internal changes without building permits and inspections. It’s usually the mom and pop put in
an extra apartment kind of thing where that happens. At Gateway Hills, they’re not building without a permit.
That’s just one example. A strip mall, they’re getting permits. Most commercial owners are consistent with the
law.
